Chris Meloni: Mariska Hargitay Was "Stressy" Before Adoption

Chris Meloni knew all along that his Law and Order: SVU costar Mariska Hargitay was planning to adopt. "She was a little 'stressy stressy,'" the actor, 50, told UsMagazine.com Thursday night in New York at the Food Bank for New York City's Can-Do Awards.

Meloni, who has two kids of his own with wife Sherman Williams (Sophia, 11, and Dante, 7) said Hargitay was "going to be great" with her family's new addition. "She's a woman that possesses a lot of love. She's extraordinarily intelligent. I think she understands human behavior. She has endless patience."